Accidents and Emergencies
It’s been ten years since I last recorded an album of my own songs. Then, we were about to move from Hamburg/Germany to the UK and I felt that some of my German songs might not see the light of day after the move. The result was a hastily recorded CD with the title Noch on Tour (Still on tour).
A few years ago, a number of friends and church members encouraged me to make a new recording. I dragged my feet a little, assembled a possible list of songs, but nothing more happened.
In the summer of 2007 I underwent sinus surgery. What had seemed like a routine procedure was abandoned after a few minutes because of complications, including the danger of serious brain injury. During the dark days of waiting for the CT results I sat down at my piano and recorded a dozen rough demos. I even left a note for Edda on my desk to tell her where she could find those recordings - just in case.
It was the experience of those fragile days that first gave this project the title Accidents and Emergencies. The title stuck, even after I received the ‘all clear’.
The making of this album has been a long and sometimes rocky ride - I couldn’t have done it on my own…
Thanks to…
… all my friends at St James who have encouraged me to embark on this project and have supported me along the way: I’m so grateful to be a part of this church.
… Lindsey and David for the use of your fantastic Neumann.
… Tim: You make a truly saxophonous sound.
… Martin and Mark: This has been a marathon, but it’s been fun throughout to work with you.
… Mike: From small beginnings our co-operation has grown so much bigger than we all first anticipated. Thank you for your creativity, experience and the many hours invested in this project.
… Edda: You are God’s greatest gift to me - still baffled why you’d choose to love a heap of quirks such as I’m - I treasure every day of our journey together.
… Jesus Christ, who has called me to be a part of the “new humanity. To suffer, to bleed, to open the heart, to roll up the sleeves, to have hope that God has a plan to put the world back together, and it’s called the church.” (Rob Bell: Jesus wants to save Christians).
Incredibly, you work through weak, stumbling amateurs like me, and some of your deepest work is done in the accidents and emergencies of life…
Accidents and Emergencies
All songs written and sung by Christoph Lindner (except original words and tune for track 14 - see there for details).
Drums and bass recorded by Dave Eccleston at hillvalleystudios.co.uk
Drums: Mark Bingham
Bass: Martin Paine
Sax: Tim Garner (timgarnermusic.com)
Mike Sheppard (www.artemismediamusic.com): Keyboard, strings and horn arrangements, backing vocals
Christoph Lindner: piano, keys, backing vocals
From the sale of this CD a donation will be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust (registered charity No. 1079049) and the Child Bereavement Charity (Charity No. 1040419).
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